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SPECIAL NOTICE.
Now that the holiday season is !
over and everything has gono proa* '
pcrous and happy; every one better
off, and a bright ferlilo year ahead,
at no period iu the history of our
busiuess life havo wo boen so thor
oughly prepared to tuaet the wants
of the trade and the requirements of
the people, as we aro now. We shall
continue to place upon our counters
from day to day, bargains in every
department at
LOWEST PRIC13S,
and shall always be found using our
best thdeavors to prevent extortions
and uphold the CASH SYSTEM.
Our entire stock \a now offered at.
REDUCED PRICES.
Y.'e ask 3 ou to call and inspect our
goods.
Wo guarantee to please as to
quality an 1 price.
Look call fully over this list of a
few articles mentioned :
Gents } Hose, white, 5 and 10 c.
" striped 12}
" solid colors 12*
" double heel & toe 12*
Ladies hose, white, 8, 10, 12}.
fctriped, 10
,{ solid colors, 12}
" balhriggan, 15
" " finest qua'i
ty, 25
(. hiluren's hose, colored, 5, 8, 10, 12}
Ladies Gauntlets, dark colors, 30 c.
'* Berlin gloves; embroidered
backs, 35
" kid gloves, 4 buttons, "best
makers, 75
Gents buckskin gloves, lined 75
4< driving '? 30
Dorby suiting, 10
figured, 12}
Cashmeres, beautiful colors, 163
Mennos, beautiful colors, 10
Flannels, red, while and blue, 25 to
35 cents.
> 1 1 ir>, cry pretty,,'30 e
1 adics Hoods, new styles, 40
Looking Glasses, Im read size, dl
" extra large SI.50
" oval frames 00 and
80 cents
Kilver plated tea spoons, 81 25.
Table " 1.75
" Forks 1.75
" Knives 3.75
Glass Setts, handsome, 4 pieces, 50
Glass Preserve Stands, GO
Goblets, 75 et penloz
Tumblers, ?O^ct per duz
Lamps froni 25 to 75 cts
Large assortment Ladies, Gents
and Children's Shoes from the finest
to tho cheapest,
Men and Imys Hats, 40, GO, 75, 1 00
1.25 to $3
Men and Boys Caps from 25 to 50
Fancy Box Paper, Envelopes ami
Stationery.
Agent for the Largest Tobacco
Factory in tho United States, >\e
oiler bargains iu this line.
Agent for Manufacturers of Soaps
and Concen rated Lye, we defy com
petition.
We havo the Largest and Cheap
est Stock of
BROOMS AND BASKETS
in the Market.
Agent lor the Ctlebrated Town
Talk
BAKING POWDERS.
These Powders have otood tho Test
by the best Chemist, and pronounced
PUKE, when bought in cans. Prof.
Mott, the Leading ( hemiat of the
World, says the worse adulterations
occur when Powders are sold loose or
in bulk. Remember this and get
TOWN TALK from Headquarters
Your attention is asked to the re
duction in our CARPETING, put
down to 25, 35, 10 cents,.
Pocket Knives from 5 cts. to 82..
Buggy Whips, 25, 50,75 cts., 81,
$1 25 $2.
ours respectfully,
C. D. KORTJOHN.
VST Always notice this COLUMN
CHEAP GOODS.
i*rcaml?lo and ICcsoI ut ions.
At a, regular Communication of
Snell Lodge No. A*.* Fv Mv held on
I the fourth .Saturday in June A. D.
1881, the following preamble and
resolutions were ntiered as a tribute
of respect to the memory, of the late
A. G. Stroraan:
Wijeueas, It has pleased Almighty ;
God, in the mysterious dispensation
of his Providence to remove from us,
our beloved companion, and brother,
Andrew G. Stroman.
Resolved, That in the death of our
friend, we feel, that the Hand of
Providence, has borne heavily upon
us, and whilst wc would not murmur.
! at the manifestationof the Divinewill
j yet our hearts sink within us, when
we contemplate the deep affliction,
which we are made to feel, when
social and fraternal tics, so near and
dear to us, have been severed by the
unfeeling band of death.
Jiv*olct<lt That in the death of our
brother, our Fraternity has lost an
exemplary representative, our Lodge
?a beloved member, the State a most
honorable citizen, the community a
faithful servant, and we, ourselves, a
cherished friend and an amiable
companion,
RfWac/, That our Lodge be drap
ed iu mourning, and that our warm
est sympathies be tendered to his
bereaved family, and that a page in
our minute book, be inscribed to his
memory.
Liesotvc ', That a copy, of the reso
lutions, be sent to the bereaved
family.
Iv-Wlvo7, That the Count)- papers
be requested to publish those resolu
tions.
When Ben Franklin, a grimy
young printer was carrying his
forms through the street one day, he
met a young fellow of his own age,
the son of an aristocratic family who
was so poor as to want a meal.
Franklin offered to Hud work for
him in a neighboring shop, but re
ceived the haughty rebuff:
'The G 's arc not fallen' so iow
as to become mechanics!'
Wheu Franklin was Minister to
Franco, this man died a pauper in the
Philadelphia altnsh?use.
Family pride of another kind was
shown by a sluidy fanner in Con
gress, who, when an attempt was
made to buy his vote on a ci rtain
occasion, replied:
lSir, every one of my kin in the
old graveyard at home would rise if
I should touch that money. I would
not dare to do it.
In countries where social rank,
estate and title, all solid realities,
descend in an unbroken lino, there i
is some apology for family pride, arid
even in America it is natural for a
man to take a keen interest in those
whose blood and character be Inher
its. As iong as the knowledge that
his ancestors have been truthful, hon
est, manly men, helper's in God's
world, makes him more anxious to
bo himself honest, independent and
useful, lnihily pride is a help in his
life.
But when, as is more often the
case, we see a family dawdle weakly
through life, unwilling to engage in
trade or honest work; justifying their
right to be alive by their far off kin
ship to some titled or rich dead man,
pride of birth is only a hindrance
and is a vulgar absurd pretence.
tiax d by uu Urasig-outaitg.
A hobicnuiri had a favorite mon
key, a large orang-outang, which
you know is the largest species of
mohkey except the gorilla. This
monkey was very much attached to
his master and to the baby boy, who
was the pot of the whole family. One
day Muldenly a lire broke out in the
house, and everybody was running
bore and there to put it out, while the
little boy in his nursery was almost
forgotten; and when they thought of
nun the stair-case was all in flames.
What could be done? As they wore
looking lip and wondering, a large,
hairy hand and arm opened the win
dow, and presently the monkey ap
peared with the baby in his arms,
and carefully climbed down over the
porch lind brought the child safely to
its nurse. Nobody else could have
done it, for a man cannot climb like
a monkey, and is not nearly so strong.
You may imagine how the faithful
creature was praised and potted after
that. This is a true story, and the
child who was saved was the young
Marquis of Kildare.?Chitili-en*?
Treasury.
How pleasant it is for a father to
sit at his child's board It is like the
aged man reclining under the shadow
of the oak which he has planted.
Ancestry 4
'tlie Secret.
"I noticed," said Dr. Franklin, "a
mechanic, among others at work"on a
house erecting but a little way from I
wy olllce, who always happened tobe
in a merry humor, who had a kind
word and cheerful smile for every
one he met. Let the day be ever so
cold, gloomy, or sunless, a happy
>-milc danced like a sunbeam on his
cheerful countenance. Meeting him
one morning, I asked him to tell me
the secret of his happy flow of spirits.
*My secret, doctor,' he replied, 'is
that I have got one of the best of
wives, and wheu I go to work she al
ways has a kind word of encourage
ment for me, and when I go home
she meets me with a smile and a kiss;
and then tea is sure to be ready, and
she has done so many little thing:,
through the day to please me that I
cannot lind it in my heart to speak
an unkind word to anybody.' What
an influence, then, hath woman over
the heart of man, to softer it and
make it the fountain of cheerful and
pure emotions! Speak gently, then;
a happy smile and a kind word of
greeting, after the toils of the day arc
over, cost nothing, and go far toward
making home happy and peaceful.'"
A Worn to Taoimg Men.
Too many young men disregard the.
divine iiijuuetion 10 live by the sweat
of their brow aucl endeavor instead to j
make a living by the sweat of their
jaw. A reasonable number of our
, young men can take this course and
1 not injure the State, but when eight
put often make up their minds to;
follow the professions, the result is j
exceed.ugly injurious to the com
munity.
ISo man of sense will question the
fact that to clay the most inviting
field for our young men is in becom
ing skilled mechanics and good
scicniiBe farmers. Georgia is at:the
threshold of a period of wonocrful
material development, and in ten
years will be one of the greatest, manu
facturing States iu the Union. '1 be
Held Tor farmers is just as inviting.
Are we tobring men into our State
to do all this work, or shall ot:r youu-j 1
men learn how to do it themselves r*
The sooner they do, the better it will
be for them ami the State.
.Let us hope that our young men
will consider this question. If one
half of tlie idlers were to look at this
question propoiiy wo would not need
to cry aloud for immigration to de
velop our resources.?Atlanta Consti
tution,
As Others Sec Vti.
If we could occasionally get out of
ourselves and from a short removed
standpoint lbbk at our lives tbrowga
others' spectacles, it might ass.ol
sonic of us very much in putting a
proper estimate upon ourselves. It
would also have a tendency to make
us more charitable to others, and in
cline us to be more ready to excuse
and forgive the faults and shore
comings of our friends. I'j has been
said that we carry our neighbors'
faults in a bag in front of us, with
both hands delved into it up to our
elbows, while we carry our own in a
hag behind us, which we seldom care
; to inspect. This is a prominent trait
I in fallen human nature ngai.ist which
we should constantly contend and
persistently fight, otherwise it may
prove an enemy that may overpower
us in the end. To sec ourselves as
others see us, is a very desirable ac
complishment which is seldom at
tained, and a hard lesson that it is
very difficult to learn.
Vanity and .selfishness is the rule,
1 and charity the except ion, iu the li ves
nnd practice of most of us. If per
sons who are so peevish and discon
tented, and so dissatisfied with the
world and the people in it, could and
would but place, themselves for the
time in the position of others, and
Stil rounded by the same circum
stances and conditions, and then
look back upon themselves, it would
wonderfully change the affairs of life,
and strengthen the bondsof the com
mou brotherhood of civilization and
society. The world is advancing,
and we may be approaching this de
si ruble state of tilings, but we have
not yet reached it yet.
A correspondent til ChnrlbllcsviHc
relates that in a certain ecclesiastical?
"court" tho question of dancing wns4
discussed warmly and al length. Ki-j
nnlly 'twas proposed that the square
[ dance be sanctioned and the roiindl
(lance forbidden. Al this juncture m
member of the convention arose and
saidJ "ah, brethren, 1 fear that if wS
authoritatively permit the squat?
dance that Some people may soow
pinch off the corners and make it the
round dance." The proposed com pro
mise was not carried.?Llctigi-jus J/cr
ald
I V
WcbHtcr tili?! T?y i?r.
The last time Homy Clay was the
cat) did ate of theold Whig party for
I President, Daniel W ebster was
I strongly averse to the .nomination,
I aiiq in dlllorcul ways made his aver
| si oh* felt. When invited to address
j the1 Young Men's Clny Club in Bos
ton ho sneered at the tinrncauingness
j and absurdity of its name. The com
mittee appointed to tender him the
invitation reported the fact to the
j elul), and the indignation of the
Whigs toward Mr. Webster soon be
came so intense that he thought it
expedient to revise his opinion of the
name of the club, which he ultimate
ly, with great good nature, pronounc
ed not only appropriate, but the most
appropriate that could have boon
selected!
At a subsequent election Gen.
Taylor became the Whig candidate,
and Mr. Webster's opposition wa-#
sLill more outspoken. In a public
speecu he pronounced it a nomitia
tion *'not lit, to be made" Still he
gave it his adhesion, and zealously
supported the ticket.
There was a good story at the time,
to the effect that Mr. Webster sent
Gen. Taylor a copy of his first sptech,
to which no aus ?vor was received dur
ing the campaign. After the elec
tion Con. Taylor wrote him an ex
tremely cordial and complimentary
loiter, beginning something tike this :
"My De.su Sin: I received, some
tir#e ago, from your baud, a copy of
a speech you bad just oelivcrc.i, in
which you pronounced the opiniou
that my nomination was a nomina
tion not lit to bo made. I fully con
curred in that opinion. You only
gave oxj rc?sion to the sentiment
winch I myself entertained. But,
by the result of the election, it ap
pears that a majority of the people
differ with us both on that subject;
and, as thoir choice has imposed up
on me the duty of electing a C-.binet,
i cor iially luvitoyou to accept the
Department of State."
I>nss in Chtucli.
the countries of Southern
?t uoc fudbioutiblc, and is
noy: considered iu good taste, to be
gay in ttl'ess at church. We were
pleased to read thai the ladies of a
large and wcnllhv congregation ol
Baptis 8 1:1 Nash\illc, Tennessee, had
rofolveu to dress iu calico in church.
Now we <lo not care or desire that
ladies should routine themselves to
calico?though it is neat ami pretty
? but we do most siuoeroly and re
ligiously desire to see,onr lovely and
beautiful women adopt a plainer
style of dress at church than that
ivtiich now prevails.
'?But," says bo me fair lad\ reader,
??why do you wish us to bo plainer at
church than at other public and so
ciai assembliesV"
For more reasons than one; but
onr chief reason is thai you may not
dreiii? poor women out of ch'tfrch atid
away Ironi church, as we, alas! have
too rnuv.b mason to believe that \ cu
are now doing. Now wo know that
tiiis is no part of your design Or de
sire; in.Iced, we doubt not you will
hear wit ? regret that '.his is the
elfeet of yottr lino dressing at church.
But you will ask:
'?Vliy does our finery affect or
barm th ? poor at church more than
elsewhereV"
For this simple reason: The
church is the only place where the
poor and rich meet together. The
poor do uot visit in the circle of the
rich?do not attend grand dining-,
parties, and t he places of public gay
et v. It is only in church that they
are brought in contact and the poor
made to feel the contrast between
I heir cheapness and plainuess and
the costli ncss and splendor of the
ivcll-to-do. Now it ought not to be
so, but so it is. This contrast ih
humiliating to the poor, and they
shrink away from it, and will not go
to church at all; or, if they do, go
with a feeling of mortification, or else
with an effort at display beyond their
moans.
Many poor women are kept from
the church in. the morning, and some
at night, because they shrink from
contrasting their poverty and plain
ness with the wealth and show oi the
richer classes. Wc cannot hope to
or red this feeling in the poor,
Lhatf thou, can be done': This: Lo
become fashionable and be regard
las a matter of good taste to he
Liu ul church. If the ladies who
the lenders iiiftocicty will lake
in hand] it can be carried through
be l he means of grout good. Now,
tot sensible and godly women bo
uuded for Christ's sake, and the
of the poor, to make this effort
^denial?
Of all things farmers agree that a
mortgage is easiest to plant, and
hardest to raise.
Woiuunly Modesty
Man ioves the niysterioitSi A cloud
less sky and the full blown rose leave
him unmoved; but the violet which
bides its blushing bcs.'rtleB behind
tho bush, and the moon when emerg
ing from behind a cloud, are to him
sources of inspiration and of picas
uro. Modesty is to merit what shade
is ton figure in painting; it gives bold
hess and prominence. Nothing adds
more to female beauty than modesty'
It sheds around the countenance a
halo of light that i? borrowed from
virtue. Botanists have given the rosy
hue which tinges the cup of the white j
rose the name of "maiden blush."
This, pure and delicate, is the only
paint Chri.>-tain virtue should use. It
is the richest ornament. A worinu
without modesty Is like a faded flow
er diffusing an unwholesome odor,
which the prudeut gardener will
throw from him. Her destiny is mel
ancholy, for it terminates in shame
and repentance. Beauty passes l\Ui
the flowers, which bloom and die iu a
few hours; hut mo lesty give 3 the fe
mnle charms which supply the place
of transitory freshness of youth.
An Ixvc lcnt Couimatdfy
Jountown.AikcN Co. S C.
July 5th, 1831
Mi. Editor ;
Though living just beyond the
borders of Oraugeburg, we once be
longed to the domain of mat grand
oK? eounty, ana our people tu.ve a
lively imeresttuber affairs and ner
news, so that your execlleut paper is
a welcome visitor. We say welluone
lor oid Orangeburg! You have hon
ored your people iu honoring your
gifted son?Hon. Samuel Dibble. In
?is worthy bands the interest of your
Congressional District is safe.
'i his is u section noted for its fer
tile lands, line watel' power, and geh?r
bus, hospital 1c people. The waters
ol Dcan?wamp Creek afford ample
power to run several large mills and
factories. Already some good mills
are on it and at no distant day we
inay expect to hear the hum ot many
thousand spindles. Capt. D. II. bai
ley, cine of our most wealth}' and en
tei prising citizens, contemplates eree
ting a Clement attachment in connec
tion with his large mills, and bis site
is a splendid one.
Wc have excellent society, good
churches and line schools, our John
town academy is under Prof. B 0'
Brieu as principal, an acomplisued
scholar, who has a school with a reg
ister of over one hundred scholars',
several from your county. The build
ings are new and large, and he is as
sisted by a worthy young man, Mb
A. B. ? urbctt from your county, while
the music department is under Miss
Julia S. Kinginan who is also a resi
dent of Orangeburg and one of the
most accomplished ladies ofour State
The people arc justly proud of their
school. Then we have a Sabbath
school at the academy numbering a
boutoue hundred and fifty scholars
with Prof. O,Brieu as superintend
ent, Mr Arthur Fanning assT., Mr.
A. E; Snllej as trcts* arid Mr. Thps<
K. McElvtsn, .sec. Here on the Sab
bath, isd pleasing and entertaining
spectacle, the various classes busily
reciting. Theu those contesting for
prizes offered for the greatest number
of verses iu the new testament to be
recited from memory.
Last Sabbath there was quite a
number of verses recited by the
young ladies as follows: Misses
Eva Corbitt, 133; Annie L. Salley,
?140; Francis Byzer, 217; Heattic
Altmcn, 70; Florida Low man, 95;
Gallic Gunter, over GOO; Sailie Cor
b.ttj 800,3( ; and wc expect to h.-; r
from Miss bailie on her next lesson
over one thousand verses.
Then come the thrilling strains of
appropriate Sabbath day melody
from the organ, touched by the skii
Inl hand of Miss Kingninn, made
sweeter still by the mingling of more
than a hundred voices led by Mr.
'Phos. K. McElveen. Altogether this
is a garden, taken from the generous
old mother Orangehnrg, to make the
fair daughter Aikon. Here the people
of the two counties meet to worship,
o fill our sc hoc Is and our lodges, on i
in e.'est and distinies being inter
woven, we scareely know to which
County we belong, except when wc
vote.
Yesterday we did not forget the
"Glorious Fourth," but from 300 to
400 of our citizens, with their fa mi
lies met near Rocky Grove Chnieh at
Prices' school house when an eloquen
oration suitable to the occasion was
delivered bv the Uev.'s E. A. Price,
who was followed by Pi of. O'Brien i .
an address upon the subject of educa
tion. Mis speech was very able and
eloquent, and, like that of Mr. Price,
was listened to with marked atten
tion. On the Friday before the third
Snndny in August :? Sftbbnth school
Convention will meet at Dean Swamp
Church, wlicvo we cxpyct a large as
semblage an d a good time.
Trim.
Pleasure is seldom found where it
is sought. Our highest blazes of
gladness arecomiuouly kindled by
unexpected sparks.
A negro teamster in Nashville de
clares that he must give up driving
mules or withdraw from the church,
the two positions being incompatible
People act according to thf posi
tion of their brains. If the?e Hein
their heads they study; if in their
stomachs, they eat, if in their heels,
they darce.
A geutlcman who has a thrifty
cherry tree in an insecure place, put
a capital stone imitation of a clog un
der it to frighten boys otf. The oth
er morning he went out to fin d the
li'gs and tail broken off the image,
and the body sticking in the ground
and labeled, "This 'ere dorg feels
sick."
An English bishop querulously re
marked to his servant that he was dy
ing. "Well, my lord," said the good
fellow, "you aid going to a better
place." "John," replied the. prelate,
with an air of conviction, "there,s no
place like old England!"
- ii viT-r - - ? ? l am. i??. - ?
If the virtue of oat meal and water,
as a summer drink, were better
known, it would be generally drunk
in summer in place of spirits or beer,
or even simple ice wttcr. In tho
British navy, especially in the engi
neer department, it is regularly fxrv
cd out to the meu. On hind, especi
ally to those exposed to execssivo
heat, it is very grateful?say a cup
ful of oatmeal to a pail of water.
mnm-+ o? -?
How Happiness .May Be ObtaieI).?s
There is one way of obtaining what
we term, if not utter, at leabt mortal
happiness. It is this?a sincere and
unrelaxiug anxiety for the happiness
of others. In that one maxim is
concentrated whatever is noble in mo
rality, sublime in religion or unnna-#
wtrable in truth; In that pursuit
we have all scope for whatever is ex
the petty passions to which our na;
iure is heir. Tints cugaged, whatet*
er be our errors, there will be nobility
not wcakuessj in our remorse; what
ever our failures, virtue not selfish
ness, in our regrets; and iu success,
vanity it self will become holy, and
triumph ctcraal.
Tn:: Difference.?Two years ago
wheu Governor Hampton was wound
ed, and when the whole State felt a
deep anxiety as to his condition,
every word of information regarding
his condition was carefully concealed
from the public?the public being
treated as if they were impertinent
inquirers; but when the President of
the United States is wounded, the
public get hourly full and accurate
statements of his condition. The
President, to the whole country, is
not more than Governor Hampton
was to tin; State of Sotifct Carolina.
Instead ofpoliteucss in recognition
of friendly interest, the treatment
which the Governor's friends receiv
ed was auy thing else.?Abbeville
l*ress end Manner.
Desekting Ex Confederates.?A
dispatch from Washington says:
"There ftns some stir created here
over the announcement that the Com
missioner of Pensions, Dudlcj', in*
tends to dismiss all the clerks in hin
bureau who served or were connected
with the Confederate army during
tho rebellion. The Evening Star
quotes Dudley as saying that while
he has no disposition to discriminate
against ex-Confederates, he thinks
they ought not to hold position which
puts in their power to pass upon the
claims of Union soldiers. This mat
ter baa created more talk and inter
est than any question not connected
with the President since the attempt
ed assassination. There is consider
able talk on the streets about it.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Oranokburo Cocntt.
by bgsj. p. IZI.AIt, e8qu1ke, P/obatO
Judge
?1/ II F. UK AS Joseph F. Robinson, C. C.
TV P.. hath m->de sail to ufu, to grant
him Leiters of Administration of the
i-.state of ami effect*of .Sarah I'riokett.
Tlnao are ?htreloro to cite aud admon
ish iill iiiiul ringular tlie kindred and redl*
lor* of the said Sarah Prickelt, deceased,
thai they he and appeal, before me, in the
Court 01 Probate, to bo held at Orangebnrg
tj. 11 , on T venty-seeond fi'Jnd) August
next, af.er publication bcr?ol, at. 11 o'clock
in die forenoon, to show caiiite, if any they
have, why the raid Adminii-tration should
not be granted.
(liven under my Hand, this Oth day of
Julv Anno Domini lbSl.
iLs.J B1CNJ; P; TZI.AK,
Ji.d^o of Probate, U. C.
ju'y I I 2(